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BumRushDaShow

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7. I think there were 150 passengers

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #4)

Fri May 8, 2026, 08:01 PM

15 hrs ago

3 died and 5 were symptomatic and confirmed positive. They are struggling with the contact tracing because some had left the ship while the infection was active but before people died.

The ship was a Dutch one.

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17 American passengers aboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship will quarantine in Nebraska [View all] BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago OP

Trump is actually taking care of this one, unlike COVID, which he ignored until it became a pandemic. Norrrm 16 hrs ago #1

I wonder RussBLib 16 hrs ago #3

1.... Treatment Norrrm 16 hrs ago #5

Over a million Americans IronLionZion 12 hrs ago #15

One out of seven is not one third... tavernier 2 hrs ago #24

I thought it was 3 million, but you're right it's 7 million IronLionZion 1 hr ago #26

If you read something too fast it gets weird: I wondered how a ship could be quarantined in *Nebraska* Ocelot II 16 hrs ago #2

The contacts alone will cause transmission.................. Lovie777 16 hrs ago #4

I think there were 150 passengers BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #7

Seems extreme for a virus that while transmissable human to human it is highly unlikely. Hope in all that movement... dutch777 16 hrs ago #6

I think WHO confirmed that this variant was person to person BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #9

Yes, the strain that was on the ship is the blue-wave 13 hrs ago #13

As I recall . . . AverageOldGuy 15 hrs ago #8

And didn't he initially try to keep that ship from docking in a US port? the nelm 14 hrs ago #11

And RFKjr is in charge of our healthcare. LisaL 10 hrs ago #17

It's a shame that I don't believe a word of this... Hugin 2 hrs ago #23

I saw a report on MS NOW. The logistics of this are incredible. underpants 15 hrs ago #10

While the world slept . . . Aussie105 13 hrs ago #12

I say we take off... Renew Deal 13 hrs ago #14

I have plenty of masks left over from COVID, just in case IronLionZion 12 hrs ago #16

Old enough to remember Trump and right wing media going bonkers about that Ebola nurse Prairie Gates 10 hrs ago #18

But that "old enough to remember" thing might mean something else BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #22

What am I missing? Blumancru 8 hrs ago #19

Please rate your cruise experience. twodogsbarking 4 hrs ago #20

Well. barbtries 4 hrs ago #21

I haven't seen you in a while. murielm99 2 hrs ago #25

If I was a passenger I'd rather quarantine at Tenerife rather than Nebraska ! kimbutgar 48 min ago #27